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Men's 7v7 OTR D1 | D2

Where: Stargel Stadium (season will finish at secondary location)What: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Mondays between 8pm-11pm beginning on September 17thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 9 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Coed 7v7 OTRCompetitive | Rec level

Where: Stargel Stadium (season will finish at secondary location)

What: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Wednesdays between 8pm-11pm beginning on September 19thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 9 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Sunday Coed 7v7 OTRBeginners level

Where: Stargel Stadium (season will finish at secondary location)

What: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Sundays between 7:30pm-9:30pm beginning on August 26thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 9 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Coed 7v7 East Side

Where: Anderson All Weather Fields at Riverside ParkWhat: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Sundays between 6:30pm-8:30pm beginning on September 9thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 8 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Men's 7v7 East Side

Where: Anderson All Weather Fields at Riverside ParkWhat: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Sundays between 6:30pm-8:30pm beginning on September 9thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 9 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Coed 7v7 West Chester

Where: Turf Field 2 at Voice of America ParkWhat: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Tuesdays between 8:00pm-10:00pm beginning on September 4thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 9 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Men's 7v7 West Chester

Where: Turf Field 2 at Voice of America ParkWhat: Small sided division with 23 minute halves and a 10 match seasonWhen: Wednesdays between 8:00pm-10:00pm beginning on September 5thHow much: Early bird $795|Standard $845| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Comes with: T-shirts for team Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 9 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Men's 11v11

Where: Clark MontessoriWhat: 40 minute halves and a 8 match seasonWhen: Sundays between 12:00pm-6:00pm beginning on September 9thHow much: Early bird $995|Standard $1095| Individual/ Free agent rate is $95Additional Fees: None- all inclusiveIndividual Fee: For any teams interested paying as individuals, you must have a minimum of 12 player signed up to play and paid in full. The fee is fixed and does not change by roster size.

Gotham Soccer is a community of players that love soccer. We’re different from what currently exists in the United States in so much as soccer used to be hard and many organizations were built in that environment. By that I mean 20-30 years ago the number of players wasn’t very large, and clubs formed with travel teams to find the necessary competition. Today, that’s changed. A lot of people play soccer, Gotham’s existence as a successful adult league around the country is evidence of that, with local, convenient weekly games providing an outlet for playing. Our aim with our youth push is to facilitate an easy, fun soccer experience for younger players as well.

The focus of Gotham is different than that of the organizations that grew up during this earlier time in the US, that is the USSF and associated clubs. For most ‘clubs’ it’s about tryouts, tournaments, regional/national competitions, and a lot of pressure for kids to excel, get college scholarships, potentially even go pro. The philosophy here is about the joy of lacing up your boots, stepping onto a pitch, and knocking a ball about, while developing the skills necessary to make this a fun thing to do. Our adult leagues provide us with a unique network of people that want to pass on their love of the game, which is different from more recreational offerings like the YMCA that often don’t have coaches that really know soccer.

And getting down to an even finer level of difference is that we want to develop each player in a different way. To date Americans have been very focused on the “right way” to play the game, that is full field 11v11 games. And we love 11v11, Gotham’s first offerings were full field, 90min, 11v11 games in NYC. But 11v11 spreads the game out, and with only one ball for 22 players, each player gets less of an opportunity to touch the ball. We feel small sided games on smaller fields with fewer players is the way to develop skill and talent. We want children to have the ball at the feet as much as possible. In our skills and drills sessions we de-emphasize endurance training and emphasize fundamental skills training. Kids will run because they are kids, and there’s CrossFit and track if fitness is desired. We’re here to pass along our knowledge and love of the game to a new generation.

Soccer is one of the most popular sports in America and with every year a new record is reached for the number of youth participating. And as evidenced by Gotham’s own expansion, more adults are staying active in the sport. As a first time parent it can often be quite overwhelming as your child enters into the soccer playing age as there are so many options. Obviously where your child’s friends are playing is most important, but find below a good guide to the Cincinnati Youth Soccer scene.

Town & Country has a wonderful indoor/outdoor facility just across the river in Kentucky. They run youth leagues all through the year.

Coaches are volunteer although they often have a deeper understanding of soccer. They do form “free agent” teams although there’s a hazard for these teams as many of the teams playing here come from the local clubs, resulting in highly lopsided games and

Kings Hammer is the largest club in Cincinnati, with the majority of its fields on the East side of Cincinnati in the Anderson and Batavia

areas. Some games are played at the Town & Country facility in Kentucky. Follows the club structure to find and train the best players of the club. Travel to competition as it becomes more and more select.